I am a OS X 10.5.8 user and my 'Go to Folder' will not accept a file path. There is evidence from other discussions that more recent versions of OS X accept a file path and open its enclosing folder. Is this correct and if so which was the first OS which worked in this way?
I am a OS X 10.5.8 user and my 'Go to Folder' will not accept a file path.
You mean a path to a file and not a directory? Did it ever? It doesn't in Snow Leopard. I doubt it would in lion either. It's isn't called "Go to Folder" for nothing.
In the Safari forum two experienced users often advise putting the Safari database file into Go to Folder - sometimes with option key pressed. I have questioned this several times and been assured that it is correct so I assume it works with Lion. I understand that it is intended to open the parent folder with the database highlighted. Can somebody with Lion check this please?
In the Safari forum two experienced users often advise putting the Safari database file into Go to Folder - sometimes with option key pressed.
To what end? Why would you want to do that? There's nothing of user intrest in there.
If you want a shortcut to get quick access to a folder then drag the folder into the dock or put the alias in some other convenient place.
To delete it.
They are reluctant to advise inexperienced users to use rm !
You need a short cut to get there? How often do you want to do that?
And yes, I don't blame them for being reluctant. Unless you are told exactly what to (usually) copy/paste a user not familiar with the terminal could easily wipe out their entire system with a incorrectly typed rm. And it is unnecessary in this case anyhow since you can use that Go to Folder to easily get in there if you wish. Then drag the file into the trash.
An answer to my questions from a Lion user would be appreciated.
I guarantee you nothing is going to be different. But good luck.
An answer to my questions from a Lion user would be appreciated.
I entered
/Users/my_user_name/tmp.txt
A folder window opened, and tmp.txt was highlighted.
Mac OS X 10.7.4 (Lion)
Bob
Very helpful as usual - thanks - 5 point coming !
Do you know which was the first OS to work in this way?
Neville
Do you know which was the first OS to work in this way?
When I try the exact same thing on Mac OS X 10.6.8 (Snow Leopard), I get a pop-up message that says:
"The folder "tmp.txt" can't be opened because you don't have permission to see its contents"
And the "Go to the folder" dialog box says "The folder can't be found"
Thanks Bob
It looks as though it was probably introduced with Lion.
I marked my question as solved thinking that it would give you either an extra 5 or 10 points but I can see no evidence that it has - another forum bug?
Update - you now have an extra 10 points -
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Can somebody correct the bug in this thread?
At the time of writing all replies except one show 'This helped me' - I did not select these. At first I selected one for Bob and later I selected a ' This solved my question', also for Bob. I did not select all the 'This helped me' for other contributors especially myself.
At the time of writing the following is what I see - but only when signed in - click image for larger version.
oops - not my day - please ignore my last two posts.
Go to folder
